sending email from my c++ application

Networking and Multiplayer Programming

Started by makingroulette February 15, 2005 12:56 PM

1 comment, last by hplus0603 19 years, 1 month ago

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February 15, 2005 12:56 PM

Does anyone know how to send an email message from a c++ application? ive learned that I will need to interface with an SMTP server in order to send email. I want my application to report the user's usage of the application, and have that data sent to myself via email.

Fruny

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February 15, 2005 12:59 PM

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hplus0603

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February 15, 2005 06:44 PM

The easiest way is to use the mail API on Windows (which will go through Outlook or Outlook Express, most likey), and to stick the message in a file in /tmp and call system("sendmail ...args...") on UNIX.

If you want to connect directly to a mail server, google for RFC 821, which contains the basic SMTP protocol. You open a SOCK_STREAM (TCP) connection to the server, and do a simple, text-based "chat" dialog to send the message.

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